William I, Landgrave of Hesse
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William I of Hesse (4 July 1466 – 8 February 1515) was the Landgrave of Hesse
(Lower Hesse
) from 1471 to 1493.
His parents were Louis the Frank
(1438–1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis I of Württemberg
. On 17 February 1488 in Münden, he married Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [ - Worms
16 May 1520], daughter of William II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
and Elisabeth, Countess of Stolberg, with whom he had five daughters http://genealogy.euweb.cz/brabant/brabant6.html http://genealogy.euweb.cz/welf/welf4.html :
After a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1491 he probably contracted syphilis. He abdicated in favor of his brother William II on 3 June 1493, and spent his life in Spangenberg
.
Rulers of Hesse
This is a list of rulers of Hesse during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These rulers belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, originally the Reginar...
(Lower Hesse
Lower Hesse
Lower Hesse a historic designation for an area in northern Hesse, Germany.The term Lower Hesse originated in the Middle Ages for the so-called "lower principality" of Hesse, which was separated until 1450 from the so-called "upper principality" by the area Ziegenhain...
) from 1471 to 1493.
His parents were Louis the Frank
Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse
Louis II of Hesse , called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1458 - 1471....
(1438–1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis I of Württemberg
Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach
Ludwig I , Count of Württemberg. He was a son of count Eberhard IV and Henriette of Montbéliard. He reigned from 1419 until 1450....
. On 17 February 1488 in Münden, he married Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [ - Worms
Worms, Germany
Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only...
16 May 1520], daughter of William II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel and Göttingen principalities....
and Elisabeth, Countess of Stolberg, with whom he had five daughters http://genealogy.euweb.cz/brabant/brabant6.html http://genealogy.euweb.cz/welf/welf4.html :
- Mathilda, born in 1489 but died young.
- Mathilda (* 1490; † 6 May 1558), married in KorbachKorbachKorbach is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. It is over a thousand years old and a former Hanseatic town. It is located on the German Framework Road.- Geography and geology :...
on 19 May 1527 Konrad, Count of Tecklenburg (* 1493; † 16 August 1557) - Anna (* 1491; † 1513), a nun
- Katherine († 1525), married in 1511 Adam Count von Beichlingen († KrayenbergKrayenbergThe Krayenberg is a precipitous hill near Tiefenort, Germany.Since 500 BCE it was a rampart and served as a refugefor the central part of the Werratal. It became important for German history...
14 July 1538) - ElisabethElisabeth of Hesse (1503–1563)Elisabeth of Hesse was a Landgravine of Hesse by birth and by marriage Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken and later Countess Palatine of Simmern.- Life :...
[10 September 1503 - LauingenLauingenLauingen is a town in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the left bank of the Danube, 5 km west of Dillingen, and 37 km northeast of Ulm.St. Albert the Great was born in Lauingen, c. 1200....
4 January 1563], first married in MeisenheimMeisenheimMeisenheim is a town in the district of Bad Kreuznach, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Glan, approx. 25 km south-west of Bad Kreuznach.Meisenheim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Meisenheim....
on 16 October 1525 to Louis II, Count Palatine of ZweibrückenLouis II, Count Palatine of ZweibrückenLouis II of Zweibrücken was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken from 1514 to 1532.He was the son of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. He was married in 1525 to Elisabeth of Hesse, daughter of William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse, and they...
(* 1502; † 1532), later married on 9 January 1541 George, Count Palatine of Simmern (* 1518; †1569).
After a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1491 he probably contracted syphilis. He abdicated in favor of his brother William II on 3 June 1493, and spent his life in Spangenberg
Spangenberg
- Geography :Spangenberg lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 35 km southeast of Kassel, west of the Stölzinger Gebirge, a low mountain range. Spangenberg is the demographical centrepoint of Germany.- History :...
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External links
- Wilhelm I. v Hessen Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 27.
- Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie